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New Girl Scout troop starts at Utah LGBT pride center
The Girl Scouts are opening a troop at an LGBT pride center in Salt Lake City that officials say will welcome transgender youth and children from LGBT families.
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Couple files lawsuit against state of Utah over same-sex parentage rights
Angie and Kami Roe say in the lawsuit filed Monday that hospital staff refused to take their birth certificate paperwork in February, and Utah officials said one mother must adopt the baby as a step-parent.
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Utah’s lone openly gay lawmaker to run for mayor of Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Democratic state Sen. Jim Dabakis, the state legislature’s only openly gay lawmaker, announced Monday that he will run for mayor of Salt Lake City this year.
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15 states urge U.S. Supreme Court to uphold same-sex marriage bans
Eight states where same-sex couples can marry are among 15 states urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold same-sex marriage bans and leave the matter to voters and lawmakers.
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Top Mormon leaders vow to be leading advocates for marriage exclusive to a man and a woman
Mormon leaders vowed to be a leading advocate for the belief that marriage is an institution exclusive to a man and a woman during the religion’s biannual conference in Salt Lake City this weekend.
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Former-BYU student says he was evicted from apartment over same-sex attraction
A former Brigham Young University student has sued a university-contracted apartment complex that he says evicted him after he told his roommates he was attracted to men.
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Utah governor signs bill allowing officials to refuse to officiate marriages
The measure signed by Gov. Gary Herbert on Friday requires a county clerk’s office to designate someone to marry all couples if the clerk opts out.
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Coming soon to Salt Lake City: An international festival of bigotry
An international network of some of the world’s most vitriolic Religious Right activists and self-proclaimed orthodox religious leaders is holding its ninth global conference in Salt Lake City, Utah in October 2015.
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Utah’s LGBT rights bill is a trojan horse for the religious right’s agenda
There were both cheers and tears as many in the Utah LGBTQ community celebrated the passage of a workplace and housing nondiscrimination law, but behind closed doors, I suspect it’s actually the leaders of the Religious Right who are cheering the hardest.
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Utah governor signs Mormon church backed LGBT anti-discrimination bill
The law protects LGBT Utah residents from discrimination in housing and employment — a step activists have been pushing for years — while also creating exemptions for religious organizations and protecting religious speech in the workplace.